Springstini, anyone?

Maybe the real question is: Are you loose? Blu at the Pfister Hotel is jostling loose some memories with drink specials, leading up the the Nov. 15 concert by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Bradley Center.

The bar is conjuring memories of the band's Oct. 2, 1975, Milwaukee concert, when a bomb scare cleared the old Uptown Theatre on the west side for 90 minutes. In the interim, the legend goes, the band took refuge at a Pfister bar. When the band returned to the stage, after a drink or, uh, two, Bruce asked the crowd again and again, "Are you loose?"

So, guests at Blu through the weekend who ask the bartender "Are you loose?" will get their drinks at 1975 prices -- about half of current prices, a spokesman said.

A couple of special drinks are being mixed: the Springstini, with black cherry vodka, orange liqueur, white creme de cacao and black raspberry liqueur; and the Martin-E Street Band, made with bourbon, apple cider, maple syrup and fresh lemon juice.

Guests also can check out the Twenty Three Room, next door to Blu on the 23rd floor, where photographer Robert Cavallo will be displaying photos from his book "Are You Loose?" about the 1975 concert.

The Pfister is at 424 E. Wisconsin Ave. Blu is open 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday, 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. the rest of the week.